| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...growth ; But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection, While Csesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth...decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon LIONI'S SOLILOQUY AFTER A BALL. 105 All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which soften'd down... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pages
...cypresses beyond the time-worn breach Appear' d lo skirt the horizon ; yet they stood WUbin a bowshot. — And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon ! upon All this, and cast a wide and tender lisbt, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and iili'il up, As 'twere, anew,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...grove which springs through levell'd battlements And twines its roots with the imperial hearths, [vy usurps the laurel's place of growth ;— But the gladiator's...perfection! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halh, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.— And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this,... | |
| Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - 1856 - 344 pages
...usnrps the laurel's place of growth ; — Bnt the gladiator's bloody circus stands, A noble wreck to ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and...in indistinct decay, — And thou didst shine, thou roliing moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity... | |
| Octavian Blewitt - 1856 - 428 pages
...grove which springs through levell'd battlements, And twines itsroots \vitb the imperial hearths ; Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; — But...gladiator's bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinons perfection! While Cesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls. Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.... | |
| 1857 - 904 pages
...springs through Icvel'd battlements And twine its roots with the imperial hearths. Joy usurps the laurels place of growth ; But the gladiator's bloody circus...Augustan halls Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. And them did'st shine, thr.u rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which soften'd... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pages
...roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gliuliators' Moody circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection...Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. 9. And thou didst shine, tliou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...But the gladiators' hloody cireus stands A nohle wreck in ruinous perfection! While Caesar's chamhers and the Augustan halls Grovel on earth in indistinct...decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon Ali this, and cast a wide and tender light Which soften'd down the hoar austerity . Of rugged desolation,... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gladiators' bloody circus stands A noble wreck in ruinous perfection...All this ; and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and filled up, As 'twere anew, the gaps of centuries... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...growth; But the gladiators' bloody circus stands A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ; While Csesar's chambers and the Augustan halls Grovel on earth in...All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and filled up, As 'twere anew the gaps of centuries;... | |
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